The Outward Point of View
2022…what a year
It is hard to find adequate words to describe 2022. At the beginning of 2022, as Covid dissipated, there was hope of a return to normality and stable economic activity. By the end of February, it was clear that there would be no return to normality. A European country was invaded, and a disastrous human […]
Read the storyMonese – Riding the Rollercoaster
Few fintech founders live the problem they then try to solve; even fewer succeed in scaling that solution beyond an idea. Norris Koppel is one of them. Norris moved over to the UK from Estonia as a proven entrepreneur, having built and sold several businesses before. Ever the optimist, Norris assumed attaining a standard UK […]
Read the storyBreaking into VC
Why VC A year ago, I was living in New York, running my first startup, Neo, and my team and I were working nonstop on a mission to change the way teens learn about Health Education (Social-Emotional learning and Sex Ed) in schools. I was trying to raise our first round of funding with institutional […]
Read the storyOutward’s journey with Vauban – investment to exit in 15 months
Exactly fifteen months to the day since our investment, we are delighted to share once again with the world that Vauban has been acquired by Carta – the dominant US market leader in equity management software. Last year Outward announced its lead investment in Vauban – the end-to-end digital platform for alternate investment vehicles – and in […]
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